MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Jaylen Ward often felt stressed about the recruiting process. It's not hard to see why. As a three-star receiver at one of the top prep football programs in the state of Alabama, Ward would get calls from coaches late at night, as he was doing homework or even turning in for the evening, from college assistants who wanted to watch film with him.
But there was one college assistant who stood out as different.
"He would travel all the way to my high school just to see me workout for one day," Ward said.